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City school district pursues mediation with teachers

Published: 12:00 am

Sacramento City Unified School District lawyers filed an impasse application Thursday with the California Public Employment Relations Board in an attempt to resolve its ongoing conflict with its teachers union over negotiations.

Schools chief offered job in south state, hasn't signed

Published: 12:00 am

Davis Joint Unified School District Superintendent James Q. Hammond has been offered a job with a Southern California school district, but a Davis school board member said Hammond has not tendered his resignation.

Sacramento school district asks for mediator in union talks

By Melody Gutierrez - Updated: 2:48 pm

Sacramento City Unified School District lawyers filed an impasse application Thursday with the California Public Employment Relations Board in an attempt to resolve its ongoing conflict with its teachers union over negotiations.

Concert to benefit scholarships for disadvantaged youth

By Laurel Rosenhall - Published: 10:32 am

A student-led organization that helps disadvantaged youth get to college is holding an event Sunday in Sacramento to raise money for scholarships.

CSU teaching force drops 10 percent in 1 year

The Associated Press - Updated: 8:36 am

California's budget cuts have reduced the teaching force 10 percent in the past year on many of the 23 California State University campuses.

Education coalition sues California over school funding

By Laurel Rosenhall and Melody Gutierrez - Published: Friday, May 21 2010 - 12:00 am

California's system for funding public schools is irrational, unstable and in need of overhaul, a lawsuit filed Thursday asserts, and prevents 6 million students from receiving the education they are entitled to under the state Constitution.

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